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Will (extract) by which Duarte de Almeida Pacheco established a chapel with all his real estate, instituting the pious obligation of one daily mass celebrated in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa. He appointed his brother, Bernardo Pacheco, as the entail's first administrator.

Pacheco, Duarte de Almeida (flor.1641)

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Will (extract) by which Estêvão de Viana bequeaths a public debt instrument of 8 000 réis in Casa da Alfândega de Lisboa and houses in Rua dos Fornos, Lisboa, to his daughter, Antónia de Viana, obligating her and her successors to spend, each year, 1 000 réis to support the celebration of annual masses in the church of Santa Justa of that city. After the first administrator's death, the entail should be inherited by Beatriz Viana, her sister.

Viana, Estêvão de (flor.1603)

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Extract of the will of Estêvão Aires ordering, among other dispositions, the foundation of a chapel in the church of São Pedro of Torres Vedras, with a daily mass obligation, naming his brother João Aires as first administrator, and his successors after him.

Aires, Estêvão

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Will (extract) through which Diogo Nunes bequeaths three houses he owns in Graça, Santos-o-Velho and Rua do Justo, Lisboa, to his wife, Maria da Cruz, obligating her to support the celebration of annual masses in honour of Nossa Senhora in the church of Santa Maria Madalena for his soul and for the soul of his first wife, Bárbara Antunes. At the time of Maria da Cruz's death, the entail should be inherited by the institutor's nephew, Brás Nunes, ourives da prata.
The testator also gives to his wife a black slave.

Nunes, Diogo (flor.1623)

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Will (extract) made by Gil Lourenço de Sabadim founding a chapel in the monastery of Sabadim, in Arcos de Valdevez, where he will be buried. He entails the casais de Paços to support five masses each year and appoints his nephew Afonso for the chapel's administration. He entails his casal do Reguengo de Sabadim to another obligation of five annual masses, and bequeaths it to Gonçalo, son of Domingas, criada of Domingos Martins de Carvalho de Alva. He bequeaths other properties to Álvaro, João, Maria, Constança and Graça, his criados, with the obligation of five masses each. He designates Lourenço Martins, his cousin, as his universal heir and executor, and orders him to fulfil other obligations in the monastery of Sabadim.

Sabadim, Gil Lourenço de (flor.1375)

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Will (extract) by which Pedro Manhos and Isabel Pedrosa declare that the entail established by him should be associated to a pious obligation to be fulfiled, each year, in the church where the institutor's body would be buried. His bones must be firstly deposited in a church in Lisboa and, after some time, transferred to the church of Nossa Senhora dos Mártires of Sacavém. After the death of both of them, the entail should be inherited by Lourenço Marques, their nephew, and the properties incorporating it and another unidentified entail should be listed in a tombo.

Manhos, Pedro de (flor.1575)

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Will (extract) by which Isabel Rodrigues entails her houses in Lisboa with an obligation of twenty masses for her soul in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, where she wishes to be buried. She bequeaths these houses to the daughters of her nephew, João Nunes, son of Baltazar Nunes and Catarina Lopes, Isabel's sister, who are alive at the time of her death.

Rodrigues, Isabel (flor.1659)

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Will (extract) by which D. Pedro de Moura designates his wife to be the executor of his will, to inherit the third part of his assets and to administrate it only during her lifetime.

Moura, Pedro de (flor.1542)

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Will (extract) in which Ana Camelo bequeaths her houses in Belém to her nephew, Miguel Ruão, and his heirs. If he does not have children, she establishes other alternatives for succession, including the possibility of her cousins Manuel Álvares Camelo, Leonor Camelo, Francisca Camelo and their heirs succeeding. If all of them die without children, the houses must pass to a female from the Carneiro or Camelo bloodline who is poorer. She entails these houses to perpetual masses for her soul and whoever owns the houses must pay 1000 réis to the priests. She also bequeaths to her nephew a rent from a watermill she has in Barcarena, on the condition of fulfilling pious charges for her soul and for the souls of António Ribeiro, her father, mother, and other members of her family at the convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Lisboa.

Carneiro, Ana Camelo (flor. 1612)

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Will (extract) by which Luís Pereira de Barros established an entail, designating his daughter D. Francisca Pereira de Teles to be its first administrator. It should succeed in this entail her legitimate heirs and, if she died childless, it should succeed the eldest son of his cousin João Coelho Henriques. The successors of this entail were obligated to incorporate their thirds into this entail. The administrator was due to order the celebration of masses with the rents of his third and other belongings such as gold, silver ou white clothes. The institutor also ordered that his natural daughter, a nun in the Convent of Castanheira, should receive 20 000 réis each year.

Barros, Luís Pereira de (flor.1665)

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Will (extract) by which Beatriz de Mesquita founded an entail with all her assets, including lands (casal) in Vila Nova, determining that its revenues had to support the celebration of a weekly mass and other masses every Christmas in the church of S. Francisco. The institutor appointed her brother, Gonçalo Pinto de Mesquita, as her universal heir, executor and successor in the entail's administration.

Mesquita, Beatriz de (flor.1618-1623)

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Will (extract) of Senhorinha Dias, granting permission to her cousin Luís Álvares de Madureira to institute a chapel in her name and in the name of her late husband Rui Gomes de Azevedo, if she failed to do so in her life. The chapel was to follow the rules of the chapel founded by the knight Fernando Eanes in the convent of S. Domingos do Porto. The first administrator would be a nephew of Rui Gomes, son of Pedro Esteves and Mécia Álvares Aranha, sister of her husband. He would also have to be a person capable of managing the chapel properly, and he would have to live in Porto.

Dias, Senhorinha (flor.1476)

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Will (extract) of António Fernandes and Maria Ferreira, founding an entail by several properties with pious legacies in the monastery of São Domingos do Porto, appointing as the first administrator Diogo Homem Pinto, their nephew.

Fernandes, António (flor.1575)

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Will (extract) of Mateus Mendes de Carvalho, fidalgo da casa do rei, and his wife Maria Rangel. Both reserved their "terças" to be owned by the surviving member of the couple. This share of the inheritance was to be incorporated into an entail with the obligation to support the celebration of two weekly and perpetual masses at the altar of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, in the convent of São Francisco do Porto, where their bodies were to be buried.

Carvalho, Mateus Mendes de (flor.1589)

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Extract of the will of Violante Aranha de Távora, accepting the institution of her chapel in the chapel of Santo Amaro, in the church of the monastery of São Bento da Vitória, ordering the construction of an epitaph indicating her name as institutor, and appointing as heir Rui Vaz Ferraz de Melo

Távora, Violante Aranha de (flor.1621)

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Will (extract) of Catarina de Meneses, instituting a chapel in the monastery of Santo António de Campo Maior, and appointing as administrator Domingos Lopes. The successor should be Domingos Lopes’ son or alternatively the elder son of Fernando Domingues.

Meneses, Catarina de (flor.1528)

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Will (extract) by which Gonçalo Morales and Catarina Fernandes, his wife, established an entail, incorporating in it houses on Rua Direita, in Campo Maior. They designated their daughter, Isabel de Morais, to administrate it. After her death, the entailed houses would be transmitted to her daughter, Maior Fernandes. All the future administrators were obligated to support the celebration of 9 annual masses.

Morales, Gonçalo (flor.1531-1541)

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Will (extract) of Simão Bentinho, entailing the herdade dos Bentinhos to a chapel in Terena’s hospital, appointing as first administrator his cousin João Fernandes.

Bentinho, Simão (flor.1510)

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Will (extract) by Maria Vaz, founding a chapel with her houses and farmlands in Terena, Alandroal, and designating her brother Vasco Rodrigues as first administrator.

Vaz, Maria ([before 1541])

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Will (extract) by Nuno Franco Calvo in which he founded a chapel in the church of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Salvador, naming his nephew Jerónimo da Mota Franco as first administrator, and his eldest male heirs after him.

Calvo, Nuno Franco (flor.1626)

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Will (extract) by which João Gomes da Silva, D. Maria de Távora's husband, orders his son, Luís da Silva, successor of his entail, to use the revenues of a vineyard to support the celebration of a perpetual daily mass in the hermitage of the quinta de Palhavã, in Lisboa. He also asks him and the future administrators of his entail to celebrate, each year, a daily mass for his soul in the church of the convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo of that city.

Silva, João Gomes da ([before 1593])

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Will (extract) of Pedro Nunes da Silva, establishing a chapel at the altar of Nossa Senhora do Rosário in the mother church of Pombeiro da Beira. He entails a third of his assets to fulfill the charges and appoints Manuel Caldeira de Melo and D. Maria da Silva, his wife, his universal heirs, as the first administrators.

Silva, Pedro Nunes da ([flor.1680])

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Will (extract) of Domingos Martins and Catarina Vaz ordering, among other dispositions, the foundation of an entail with a perpetual mass obligation of a weekly mass, naming her daughter Ana Vaz and the descendants appointed by her on her will. If she died without heirs, the administration should be transmitted to her brothers Francisco or André, and if none of them left descendants, the administration should be given to the Santa Casa de Misericórdia of Angra. They ordered that all the administrators should entail the third part of their own reserved portions to the entail. Any administrator who committed crimes of lese-majeste would loose the administration.

Martins, Domingos (flor.1595)

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Will (extract) of António de Barreto de Faria establishing an entail, with an obligation of masses, appointing madres Inês da Purificação and Joana do Espírito Santo, his sisters, to administer it. The entail was always to be administered by the nun who was his closest relative. It was up to the first administrators to establish the charges that should be entered into.

Faria, António de Barreto de (d.1671)

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Will (extract) of Melchior de Miranda instituting an entail with the estates in Fornelos, with pious obligations in the local church, appointing his nephew Manuel de Miranda as administrator, granting him the power to choose one of his children as successor.

Miranda, Melchior de (flor.1635)

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Will (extract) of Melchior de Miranda, instituting a chapel with the estates in Gemunde, appointing his niece Maria Carvalho as administrator, with the right to choose one of her children as successor.

Miranda, Melchior de (flor.1635)

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Will (extract) of Gaspar de Sampaio Pereira. The testator institutes an entail by his inheritance, partly constituted by debt instruments. He appointed his nephew João Leite Pereira as administrator, to be succeeded by his first-born son, excluding illegitimate children and forcing the administrators to use the Leite Pereira family name. The children of Francisca de Castro were excluded from the succession. A charge of perpetual masses to be celebrated in the chapel of Nossa Senhora do Desterro was attached to the entail.

Pereira, Gaspar de Sampaio (flor.1672)

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Will (extract) of Manuel de Oliveira, appointing Jerónimo da Gama de Sande and Maria Garcia Marmedeira, his wife, heirs and administrators of the entail and chapel he had established. He entails several assets to fulfill the charges, celebrated in the church of Santo André of Estremoz.

Oliveira, Manuel de (flor.1647)

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Will (extract) by João Fialho, instituting a chapel in the church of São Pedro de Elvas. As administrator, João appointed his son Manuel Vaz and his offspring. If he died without heirs, the administration should pass to João Rodrigues, son of João Fialho's cousin Álvaro Fernandes.

Fialho, João (flor.1570)

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Will (extract) of Tomé Dias and Marta Mendes, founding an entail, appointing their daughter Beatriz de Fragoa and her offspring as administrators, with a monthly mass in the altar of Santo António in Braga’s cathedral.

Dias, Tomé

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Will (extract) of father Nicolau Jorge, with pious instructions regarding his chapel.

Jorge, Nicolau (flor.1643-1666)

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Extract of Cecília de Azevedo's will, mentioning that she had made a donation to Afonso de Cerveira and his wife Catarina de Magalhães, under the condition that the couple and their offspring charge themselves of ordering the celebration of 16 annual masses in the church where she would be buried.

Azevedo, Cecília (flor.1611)

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Extract of Margarida Álvares and Pedro Rodrigues' will, by which Margarida Álvares institutes an entail with 3 annual masses. The administrator should be chosen by her or by her husband within their closest kin.

Álvares, Margarida (flor.1600)

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Extract of António Vieira's will, instituting an entail with 12 annual masses in the church of Misericórdia, in Braga, and appointing as administrator Helena or Branca Vieira.

Vieira, António (flor.1586)

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Will (extract) of Joana de Melo, widow of Diogo Lopes, bequeathing some properties to the altar founded by her and her husband in the chapel of Santa Maria of Casal Vasco, in Algodres, to the celebration of a monthly mass for her and her husband's soul, three masses in honour of Santo António, three masses in honour of Santa Catarina, three masses in honour of S. João Batista and another three masses in honour of Santiago. The testator appoints her son, Cristóvão de Melo, as the altar and masses' administrator.

Melo, Joana de (flor.1544)

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Will (extract) by which D. Filipa de Castro bequeaths part of the third part of her assets to accomplish a perpetual daily mass in the convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Lisboa for her soul and the souls of her husband, Manuel de Sampaio, her children, grandchildren and D. Luísa. She refers an asset (“uma viagem”) that should be sold to buy a public debt instrument to ensure this pious charge, but if the sale did not take place, she would entail half of the Quinta de Valongo, near Vila Flor, and, if necessary, other assets she shall inherit from her dowry and arras.

Castro, Filipa de (flor. 1632)

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Will (extract) by which João Domingues established a chapel with an olive grove located near S. Francisco, designating his daughter, Guiomar Domingues, to administrate it. She and her descendants were obligated to support the celebration of 5 annual masses in honour of the five holy wounds. After her death, she would be succeeded by António, her son.
He also left Guiomar Domingues his houses on Rua das Carniças [?] and a vegetable garden (horta) near Fonte da Rala with the obligation of celebrating 2 perpetual annual masses for his soul.
The testator instituted another chapel with an olive grove near the road to Espinhaço da Cabra, a rent (foro) of 1 200 réis in a vegetable garden near Fonte da Rala and a rent of 900 réis in houses located on Olivença. He chose his grandson, João, to administrate it, obligating him and his descendants to support the celebration of 2 annual masses for the souls of the institutor's parents, João Sobrinho and Teresa Vaz. If João died without heirs, the chapel would be administrated by António, Guiomar Domingues' son, or his offspring.

Domingues, João (flor.1564)

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Will (extract) by Maria Lourenço, instituting an entail with pious obligations. Part of the estates should be placed in the care of her mother, Catarina Lourenço, and the other, namely a house in Elvas, shoud be delivered to her brother Francisco Reboleiro. After her relatives' deaths, the estates should be united in an entail, whose administration would pass to Maria's eldest son or grandson.

Lourenço, Maria (flor.1565)

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Extract of Manuel Vilela's will, leaving the houses in Fonte Taurina street, in Porto, to his daughter Filipa Josefa Carneiro.

Lacerda, Fernando Correia de (flor.1686)

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Will (extract) of Fernando da Silva instituting an entail with his properties, namely an estate he owned in Ouguela ("herdade de Vale do Castelo"). He designated his nephew, Pedro da Silva de Meneses, to administrate it, obligating him and his successors to support the celebration of a daily perpetual mass in the church of Misericórdia of Campo Maior, where the testator's remains would be buried.

Silva, Fernando ([before 1624])

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Will (extract) by Gonçalo Fernandes instituting an entail with the obligation of 5 annual masses, and appointing his brother Bento Fernandes as administrator, granting him the power to choose his successor. This extract should also be recorded in the book of Braga's chapels.

Fernandes, Gonçalo (flor.1598)

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Will (extract) by which Maria da Cunha orders a payment of 30 000 reis each year to the convent of S. Francisco de Xabregas for one annual of masses to be prayed in the chapel of her grandparents. She establishes that the quinta da Amora can't be sold.

Cunha, Maria da (flor.1580)

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Will (extract) of António Correia de Lacerda, by which he recalls that his late uncle Acácio Correia de Lacerda asked him to institute a chapel with the obligation of 2 annual masses. In this will, António institutes this chapel, annexing more estates and adding the obligation of two more masses, to be celebrated in the chapel of Chagas, in Santiago da Cividade, and in the altar of S. Pedro in Braga's cathedral. The administrator of this entail should be the same of the chapel of Chagas, instituted by Pedro da Grã.

Lacerda, António Correia de (flor.1609)

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Extract of Filipa Martins' will, entailing properties with the obligation of 36 annual masses in the church of Misericórdia, in Braga, and following the rules outlined by his husband about the chaplain and the successor.

Martins, Filipa

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Extract of Francisco Sequeira's will, entailing estates in São Martinho de Dume, Braga, with the obligation of celebrating masses in the chapel of Santo António, in Braga's cathedral. The administrator should be his son Jorge Sequeira, treasurer of the collegiate of Valença, granting him the power to appoint his successor. If the administrator failed to do so, his successor should be his closest relative, prefering a cleric if there were two candidates with the same claim.

Sequeira, Francisco (flor.1661)

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Extract of Manuel Barbosa's will, instituting an entail with his estates in São Pedro de Fragoso with the obligation of one weekly mass for the soul of his late brother Álvaro Barbosa, and appointing as administrator Apolónia Barbosa and her offspring.

Barbosa, Manuel ([before 1596])

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Will (extract) by which Álvaro Pires Landim establishes an entail in his Quinta dos Loureiros, in front of the convent of S. Domingos of Benfica, Lisboa. He bequeaths it to his eldest son, Manuel de Azevedo, and to his successors, with the obligation of some masses in his chapel in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa.

Landim, Álvaro Pires (flor.1584)

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Will (extract) by which D. Ana da Fonseca establishes an entail with her houses, revenue from the casal de Golão and an interest in the Casa dos Escravos, which she has given through a dowry deed to her niece, D. Catarina da Fonseca, and her husband, João Ferreira Bettencourt. She also bequeaths the usufruct of her properties in the island of S. Tomé and in India to her brother Gabriel da Fonseca, vicar of S. João of Raiva, during his lifetime. After Gabriel da Fonseca's death, the properties left to him and to her niece shall be united and given to Ana da Fonseca's great-niece, D. Guiomar, D. Catarina da Fonseca's daughter, and to her succession thereafter, with the obligation of 16 masses in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa.

Fonseca, Ana da ([before 1616])

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Will (extract) by which António Gomes, escrivão da chancelaria da Casa da Suplicação, establishes an entail with his houses in Lisboa, parish of S. Nicolau. He bequeaths them to his cousin, Martinho Ferreira, whom he raised, with the obligation of two masses in his and his son's memory in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa. After the death of Martinho Ferreira, the entail shall be inherited by his eldest son, Doutor António Ferreira, and by his sucessors. António Gomes also establishes another entail in quinta da Golpilheira, Leiria, which he bequeaths to his niece, Brázia Ferreira.

Gomes, António (flor.1558)

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Will (extract) by which António Gomes, escrivão da chancelaria da Casa da Suplicação, establishes an entail in quinta da Golpilheira, Leiria, and with revenue in Ribeira de Alpedriz. He bequeaths it to his niece, Brázia Ferreira, and to her successors thereafter, with the obligation of four masses in the church of Jesus of Golpilheira. He also bequeaths her some money and allows her to remain, after his death, in the houses where she currently lives. He also establishes another entail with houses in Lisboa, which he bequeaths to his cousin, Martinho Ferreira.

Gomes, António (flor.1558)

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Will (extract) by which António de Almada establishes an entail by uniting his houses in Lisbon, the quinta do Samouco and its lands, in Alcochete (which he inherited from his brother Manuel de Almada, with the obligation of 9 masses), one half of a saltern and some houses in Alcochete. He nominates his eldest son as his successor or, if dies before his father, his brother, Rodrigo de Almada, and their succession thereafter, with the obligation of 30 masses in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa. He also establishes that, if his succession is extinguished, the properties shall go to the Misericórdia de Lisboa, to be used for pious obligations.

Almada, António de (flor.1636)

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Will (extract) by which Ana Jácome establishes an entail with an orchard in the village of Povos, bequeathing it to her daughter, Catarina Jácome, and her successors, with the obligation of twenty masses in the altar of Chagas of the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa.

Jácome, Ana ([before 1609])

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Will (extract) by which Afonso de Freitas establishes an entail in a quinta in Portela. He bequeaths it to his son, Francisco Pires de Freitas, with the obligation of one yearly mass in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, where he shall be buried.

Freitas, Afonso de (flor.1530)

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Will (extract) by which Antónia Ferraz establishes an entail and appoints her nephew, Francisco de Sousa Falcão, son of her sister D. Ana Ferraz, and of António de Sousa Falcão, as her universal heir. She establishes an obligation of a daily mass in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, where she will be buried. Francisco de Sousa Falcão shall only be given possession of the entail after he fulfills all the pious obligations established in Antónia Ferraz's will. She also mentions other pious obligations in the convent of the Carmelites, which are to be fulfilled by Diogo de Sousa Ferraz.

Ferraz, Antónia (flor.1638)

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Will (extract) by which Manuel de Torres Soutomaior establishes an entail in the name of his first wife, Antónia Dinis, according to her will. He entails to it houses in Lisbon, with the obligation of a daily mass in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, where she is buried. He appoints his second wife administrator of this entail, with the faculty of appointing a successor among her descendants. In the same will, Manuel de Torres Soutomaior establishes another entail and chapel for himself.

Soutomaior, Manuel de Torres (flor.1698)

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Will (extract) by which Ambrósio Fernandes establishes an entail with his houses in Lisbon, with the obligation of 50 masses each year in the church of the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa. He appoints Maria Dias, Jorge Barbosa's wife, as his successor. At the time of Maria Dias's death, the entail's administration will pass to her brother, João Carvalho, and to his successors thereafter.

Fernandes, Ambrósio (flor.1613)

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Will (extract) by which António Moniz da Fonseca affirms his desire to be buried in the church of the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, and orders that his heir buys 25000 reis of interest to pay for a daily mass for his and his wife's soul. He also establishes an entail in his farmstead in Oeiras, and appoints his nephew, Diogo de Oliveira, as its first administrator, under the condition that he buys the aforementioned interest to be used by the syndic of S. Francisco.

Fonseca, António Moniz da ([before 1677])

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Will (extract) by which Baltasar Pereira establishes an entail with the revenues of his houses in Poço do Borratem, Lisboa, and other properties chosen from the third part of his assets. He bequeaths them to one of his children, whoever his wife appoints, with the obligation of a daily mass in the church of the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa. The entail shall then be inherited by the successors of the first administrator, or by their closest relative in direct line.

Pereira, Baltasar (flor.1608)

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Will (extract) of Isabel Teixeira stating that she and her husband Álvaro da Mata Leitão had established a chapel, dedicated to Nossa Senhora da Graça, in the church of São Bento de Xabregas, through the conclusion of a contract with its priests. Since Álvaro da Mata Leitão empowered her in his will to manage their chapel and to appoint its administrator, she included two farms in the chapel, located in Palhavã, and the remainder of a public debt instrument in Casa da Índia, for the fulfillment of pious charges, to be administrated by Brás Coelho, her nephew, with the power to appoint the next administrator, among the members of the generations of Isabel Teixeira and her father Diogo de Palma.

Teixeira, Isabel (flor.1562-1565)

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Will (extract) of Francisco Álvares Tinoco, in which the testator declares that the remaining assets of his "terça" were to be entailed into a chapel previously instituted by Catarina Colaço of Viana. The entail was to be held by Francisco's legitimate descendants, with preference given to first-born sons, but with the possibility of female succession in the absence of males. The administrators were obliged to use the surname of Tinoco and to ensure the perpetual celebration of 20 masses each year.

Tinoco, Francisco Álvares (flor.1659-1681)

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Extract of Maria de Brito's will, appointing as administrator of the chapel instituted by Maria Martins Mariana, daughter of António Pinto da Costa and Maria Martins, followed by her sister Joana.

Brito, Maria de (flor.16--)

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Will (extract) by which Ana de Miranda establishes an entail with the remaining of the third part of her assets, with the obligation of two yearly masses in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, to be paid for with the revenue of her houses in Lisboa. She bequeaths it to her daughter from her first marriage with Pedro Alves, Isabel de Miranda, and to her descendants. If Isabel de Miranda doesn't have any descendants, the entail shall be bequeathed to Maria de Padilha, Ana de Miranda's daughter from her second marriage to Cristóvão Fernandes de Padilha, with the same obligations.

Miranda, Ana de (flor.1570)

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Will (extract) by which Beatriz Ribeiro bequeaths 50 000 reis of interest to her brother, Baltasar Ribeiro, and his wife, Guiomar Rebelo, with the obligation of 50 masses for her soul in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa. If by the time of Beatriz Ribeiro's death, Baltasar and Guiomar have already died, the entail shall be bequeathed to D. Maria de Gouveia, daughter of João Rebelo and Isabel Leitão, and wife of the licenciado Valentim de Costa de Lemos, juiz de fora of Vila Franca, and to their descendants thereafter, with the same obligation. If their lineage is extinguished, the entail shall be bequeathed to the Misericórdia of Lisboa. She also bequeaths her niece, Francisca Cardoso, daughter of her sister, Luísa Ribeiro, another public debt instrument of 50 000 reis, with an obligation of 50 masses over her tomb. After Francisca's death, it shall be given to the Confraria das Chagas of the same convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, with the same obligation.

Ribeiro, Beatriz (flor.1615)

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Will (extract) by which Beatriz de Morais entails her houses in Lisboa with the obligations of 12 masses and 6 masses, respectively, in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa. She bequeaths them to Ana Leda, her great-niece, daughter of her niece, Catarina Luís, and to Mariana Luís, daughter of Simoa Dias, another of her nieces. She also orders the acquisition of a public debt instrument of 7 500 reis in the alfândega of Lisboa, over the Casa da Provação of the Company of Jesus, with the obligation that the priests of the Company charge them and use the revenue to pay 6 000 reis to the guardian of the church of S. Roque. The guardian shall, in exchange, pray a chaplet and hear a mass each day for her and her husband's, João Nogueira, soul, and cast holy water over their tomb.

Morais, Beatriz de (flor.1606)

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Will (extract) by which Diogo de Sousa entails the houses where he lives and the third part of his assets with the obligation of 12 masses in the chapel of Nome de Jesus of the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa. They shall be inherited by his children and their successors.

Sousa, Diogo de (flor.1592)

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Will (extract), by which Leonor de Serpa bequeaths her houses in Lisboa, in Pedras Negras, to her nephew, Francisco Nunes, with an obligation of masses in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, under the condition that her husband, Valentim de Santa Maria, shall have their usufruct during his lifetime. Francisco Nunes could appoint his successor between his two daughters, Juliana de Serpa and Paula de Brito.

Serpa, Leonor de (flor.1565)

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Extract of João Gomes de São João's will, by which he entailed two houses in Lisboa to the chapel founded by his late wife, Beatriz Leitão. He bequeaths them to his son, Bartolomeu Leitão, who should extract 5 200 réis from the houses' revenues to maintain the pious obligations in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa. If the 5 200 réis were not enough to support the two weekly masses, the heir was only obligated to support the celebration of the number of annual masses which that amount of money could maintain.

São João, João Gomes de (flor.1594)

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Will (extract) by which Catarina Vicente, according to her husband's will, bequeaths her daughter, Luísa Rebelo, the third part of his assets, in which he had established the obligation of masses on the days of Saint Gregory and Saint Augustine. She also bequeaths her her houses in Poço do Chão, Lisboa, with the obligation of 21 masses in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, under the condition that Luísa Rebelo will give her sister, Francisca de Jesus, ten cruzados for her needs, during her lifetime.

Vicente, Catarina (flor.1600)

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Will (extract) by which Constança Rodrigues appoints her daughter, Catarina Ferreira, as the universal heir to all of her possessions, with the exception of the third part of her assets. She bequeaths these to padre António Ferreira, Catarina's son and executor of Constança's will, with the obligation of six masses for her own soul in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, for which he shall buy properties to entail and establish a chapel. The chapel shall then be bequeathed to his heirs.

Rodrigues, Constança (d.1618)

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Will (extract) by which Úrsula de Azevedo entails vineyards in Almada with an obligation of six annual masses in the chapel of the Irmãos Terceiros of the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa.

Azevedo, Úrsula de (d.1664)

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Will (extract) by which Jorge de Lemos expresses his wish to be buried in the convent of S. Domingos de Benfica, Lisboa, in the tomb of his grandparents. He establishes an obligation of ten annual masses in that convent, for his and his parents and grandparents' souls, and an entail with his herdade [in Alvalade]. He bequeaths it to his son, Pedro Lopes, who went to India. If his son dies before him, or without descendance, it shall be inherited by his nephew, Bartolomeu Vaz de Lemos or, if he also dies before him, by his other nephew, Francisco de Lemos.

Lemos, Jorge de ([before 1559])

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Will (extract) by which D. Isabel de Noronha bequeaths her properties to her husband D. António [de Castelo Branco], if she dies without descendants. She orders him to buy assets to entail to an obligation of four weekly masses for her soul in the convent of S. Domingos de Benfica, Lisboa. If he doesn't fulfill these obligations, the properties shall be bequeathed to D. Isabel's siblings.

Noronha, Isabel de ([c.1555])

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Will (extract) by which Manuel Borges and Ana de Brito, his wife, establish an entail with the third part of their assets, instituting the obligation of celebrating annual masses in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa. The surviving member of the couple would inherit it and should be succeeded by Baltasar Pimenta de Brito, their son. They declare that their remains should be buried in that convent.

Borges, Manuel (flor.1621-1642)

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Will (extract) by which Maria de Alverca bequeaths houses in Lisboa to Francisco Figueira de Azevedo with the obligation of celebrating 107 annual masses for her soul in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa.

Alverca, Maria de (flor.1573)

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Will (extract) by which Madalena da Cunha bequeaths the third part of her assets, including a public debt instrument of 60 000 réis in Estanco do Tabaco, to her son, padre Mateus da Cunha, with the obligation of celebrating annual masses in the altar of Jesus of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa. Mateus should pass the entail to Madalena's grandchildren, Manuel and Madalena. After one of them dies, the surviving one must administer it and transmit it to his/her descendants.

Cunha, Madalena da (flor.1700)

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Will (extract) by which Pedro Barbosa Correia declares that Ana Arrais de Mendonça, his stepmother, left all her assets to his late father with the obligation of celebrating annual masses for her soul in the chapel of Jesus of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa. Since the pious obligations were not being duly fulfilled, Pedro orders that, henceforth, the masses should be celebrated using the revenues of a vineyard.

Correia, Pedro Barbosa (flor.1659)

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Will (extract) by which Afonso Fernandes de Montarroio entails his quinta das Ameias. He bequeaths it to his son, Cristóvão de Montarroio, and to his descendants afterwards, with the obligation of three annual masses in the chapel of S. Pedro of the cathedral of Lisboa, for his and his mother's soul. If his son dies before him, the entail shall be bequeathed to the child his pregnant wife gives birth to, if he is a son; if not, it shall be bequeathed to their daughter, Leonor de Montarroio.

Montarroio, Afonso Fernandes de (flor.1507)

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Will (extract) made by Lourenço Caldeira in which he ordered the foundation of a chapel with a perpetual pious obligation of masses celebrated every year in the monastery of São Francisco of Évora. He appointed Beatriz Mendes de Vasconcelos to be the first administrator during her lifetime.

Caldeira, Lourenço (flor.1482)

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Will (extract) made by Nuno Martins Biscainho and his wife Isabel Afonso in which they ordered the foundation of a chapel with a perpetual pious obligation of masses celebrated every year in the monastery of São Francisco of Évora. They appointed Gomes Eanes and his wife Margarida Afonso to be the first administrators during their lifetime and, after their death, they shall be succeeded by their eldest male son.

Biscainho, Nuno Martins (flor.1526)

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Will (extract) made by Maior Caldeira in which she ordered the foundation of a chapel with a perpetual pious obligation of a mass celebrated every year in the monastery of São Francisco of Évora. She appointed Catarina Pires to be the first administrator during her lifetime and, after her death, she shall be succeeded by her children.

Caldeira, Maior (flor.1452)

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Will (extract) made by Fausto Pires de Basto in which he ordered the foundation of a chapel with a perpetual pious obligation of a mass celebrated every year in the monastery of São Francisco of Évora. He appointed Inês Frazão to be the first administrator during her lifetime and, after her death, she shall be succeeded by Beatriz Afonso.

Basto, Fausto Pires de (flor.1515)

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Will (extract) by which Antónia Mizurada, widow of Francisco Lopes Preto, declares she had established an obligation of a weekly mass and an annual divine office in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, over her tomb, which had started in 1645, to which she had entailed a payment of 4 000 reis set in houses in rua dos Ourives, Lisboa. She appoints her son, Elísio de Araújo, as her executor and universal heir. After his death, her houses shall be given to her granddaughters, Maria Moniz da Trindade and Sebastiana Moniz, daughters of her daughter, Joana Moniz, and of Pascoal Rodrigues Velho, or, if none of them marry, to her grandsons, who were in Italy.

Mizurada, Antónia ([c.1645])

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Will (extract) made by Inês Gomes in which she ordered the foundation of a chapel with a perpetual pious obligation of a mass celebrated every year in the monastery of São Domingos of Évora. She appointed Lopo Pestana to be the first administrator during his lifetime and, after his death, he shall be succeeded by his son or daughter, of lawful matrimony.
It was opened in 1514-11-08.

Gomes, Inês (d.1514)

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Will (extract) made by João Carvalho in which he ordered the foundation of a chapel with a perpetual pious obligation of masses celebrated every year in the church of Santa Maria do Bispo, in Montemor-o-Novo. He appointed Fernando Rodrigues to be the first administrator during his lifetime, and gave him the right to appoint the successor.

Carvalho, João (flor.1459)

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Will (extract) by which Manuel Álvares and his wife, Ana Jorge, entail their half of their houses in S. Roque with an obligation of five annual masses in a convent of their heir's choice. The last one of them to die shall keep the usufruct of the houses during their lifetime. After both their deaths, the houses shall be bequeathed to their daughter, Domingas Jorge, and her husband, who owned the other half, and to their successors.

Jorge, Ana (flor.1626)

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Will (extract) by which Maria Francisca entails her houses in Lisboa to establish a minimum of 30 masses for her and her last husband's soul in a privileged altar in a monastery chosen by her will's executor.

Francisca, Maria (flor.1630)

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Will (extract) by which Diogo de Contreiras and Inês Nunes, his wife, declare that, after the death of one of them, the surviving spouse should inherit all the couple's patrimony, including houses in Santarém and Lisboa, with the obligation of using its revenues to support the celebration of annual masses for their souls. They also mention that if they win the legal action which opposes them to Álvaro Pacheco's heirs, thus obtaining other houses in Lisboa, part of its revenues should be used to fulfil pious obligations.

Nunes, Inês (flor.1563)

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Will (extract) made by Catarina Vaz in which she ordered the foundation of an entail with a perpetual pious obligation of three masses celebrated every year in the church of Santa Maria a Grande, in Portalegre. She appointed Fernando da Mota to be the first administrator during his lifetime and, after his death, he shall be succeeded by his eldest male son.

Vaz, Catarina (flor.1562-1563)

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Will (extract) by which Doutor João de Barros and D. Joana do Couto de Vasconcelos, his wife, establish an entail with the third part of their assets, including the farmstead (quinta) of Calvos, in Loures, the farmstead (quinta) of Poço, in Gestaçô, Trás-os-Montes, and lands in Lagoalva. They appoint their eldest son, Martinho de Barros de Vasconcelos, to be its first administrator, obligating him and his successors to celebrate annual masses for their souls in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa. They choose to be buried in that church.

Barros, João de (flor.1574)

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Will (extract) by which Isabel de Castro establishes an entail with her farmstead (quinta) of Ameias, in Cruz de Almada, in Lisboa, and lands (casal) near Ribeira de Lopo, in the outskirts of that city. She appoints Maria de Abreu, her relative, to be its first administrator, obligating her and her successors to celebrate masses for her soul in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa. After Maria's death, the entail should be inherited by Afonso de Abreu, her brother.

Castro, Isabel de (flor.1560)

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Will (extract) by which Nuno Fernandes, widower of Guiomar Pedroso, establishes a chapel of five annual masses for his and his wife's soul in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, where he wishes to be buried. He entails the revenue of a house in Carnide to this obligation, and appoints his niece, Leonor Nunes as administrator, and her successors afterwards.

Fernandes, Nuno (flor.1594)

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Will (extract) by which Pedro Leitão bequeaths his wife, Maria Ferreira, a vineyard in Nossa Senhora da Luz, ordering her to sell it to buy properties to entail to an obligation of five annual masses for his soul. This chapel shall then pass to their relatives. Followed by note mentioning acquisition deeds dated 1607-08-18 and 1621-07-27, that prove the possession of the properties entailed to the chapel.

Leitão, Pedro (d.1620)

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Will (extract) by which Leonor Rodrigues bequeaths houses in Lisboa to Diogo de Oliveira, the executor of her will, with the obligation of celebrating annual masses for her soul in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of that city. She declares that those houses could never be sold and should be transmitted to the descendants of Diogo and his wife.

Rodrigues, Leonor (flor.1542)

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Will (extract) by which Simão da Veiga Cabral appoints his natural daughter, Isabel, as his universal heir. He bequeaths her, and her successors afterwards, all of his property in an entail, with the obligation of 100 masses for his soul in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa. If his daughter doesn't have any descendants, the entail shall be inherited by one of his nephews, Simão da Veiga or Lourenço da Veiga, sons of his brother, Manuel Cabral.

Cabral, Simão da Veiga (flor.1544)

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Will (extract) by which D. Filipa de Vasconcelos bequeaths her husband, Luís de Sá, her houses in Lisboa, under the condition that he establishes a chapel with a weekly mass every Friday in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa. After his death, the entail shall be bequeathed to D. Filipa's mother, with the same obligation, and afterwards to her mother's descendants. If the obligations are not met, the chapel shall be administered by the friars of S. Francisco. Followed by a note informing that the houses were subrogated for a public debt instrument of 28 268 reis, in 1613, but that the subrogation deed wasn't found when the tombo was made, as it was probably in another notebook or archive.

Vasconcelos, Filipa de (flor.1566)

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Will (extract), by which Diogo de Sousa establishes an entail with his farmstead in Montijo. He bequeaths it to his son, Martinho de Sousa, and to his descendants, with the obligation of 50 annual masses in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, where he wishes to be buried.

Sousa, Diogo de (d.1569)

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Will (extract) by which D. Ana de Almeida, Jerónimo Borges' wife, establishes an entail with the third part of her assets, including houses in Lisboa, whose revenues would support the celebration of annual masses in the chapels of Jesus and S. Tomás de Aquino of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa.

Almeida, Ana de (d.1588)

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Will (extract) by which D. Fernando de Monroy, in Mozambique, orders that an herdade of six moios of wheat be bought in Portugal to establish a chapel of masses for his soul. Followed by an explanation that says the properties entailed to his chapel are an herdade called de Ana Lopes, in Veiros, and another called Torre de Alfânge in Monforte.

Monroy, Fernando de (flor.1525)

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